Chris Adelsbach
Managing Director @ Techstars
London, United Kingdom
Chris Adelsbach is a seed investor at Techstars in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
- Total investments:
- 322
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Adelsbach invests in
Stages Chris Adelsbach invests in
Countries Chris Adelsbach invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $120k–$5.6M
- Pre-Seed
- $118k–$1.9M
- Series A
- $4.3M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 88 (27%)
- Financial Services 73 (23%)
- Software 54 (17%)
- Information Technology 36 (11%)
- Finance 30 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 119 (37%)
- Pre-Seed 73 (23%)
- Series A 26 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (2%)
- Angel 5 (2%)
Country
- United Kingdom 116 (36%)
- United States 25 (8%)
- Germany 7 (2%)
- Ireland 6 (2%)
- France 5 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Emblematic is a Financial services firm offering an AI integrated platform for efficient workflow for bookkeeping and accounts. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Yaspa is an award-winning fintech that delivers personal intelligence through instant payments. Founded in 2017 by a former Worldpay CTO, Yaspa blends open banking and AI to provide Intelligent Payments: real-time bank and stablecoin payments combined with verified customer insights, as well as a full suite of payment and account verificationservices. With offices in London, Leeds, Athens and Atlanta, Yaspa operates across the UK, Europe and US, is regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and is backed by leading investors including Discerning Capital, Fin Capital, SGH Capital & Metavallon VC. | $12M / Series A / Jul 02, 2025 | ||
| Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital. | $1.9M / Seed / Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions. | $625K / Pre-Seed / Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| CloudCapital manages cloud costs and invests in tech companies using AI and ML. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Our mission is to help make the world’s financial system safer through rapid deployment of effective AI for financial crime analytics, enabled by enriched synthetic data that captures the dynamics of fraud and money laundering and loads them into tailor-made scenarios that explore diverse threats that financial organisations are exposed to.Thisgoal has taken us to the forefront of Synthetic Data and Fincrime Analytics, and we are proud to have in our team people that have helped shape the state-of-the-art of these fields.Keywords: Finacial services, AML, Synthetic Data, Fintech, Machine learning, Big data, Simulation, Fraud Analytics, Compliance | Seed / Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Low Observable Technology delivers solutions in digital asset trading infrastructure, specializing in market making and liquidity provision. The firm also develops stealth technologies for defense applications, focusing on electronic countermeasures and low observability systems critical to undetectable aircraft missions. | $1.6M / Seed / Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Capsa AI helps private equity firms to take data-driven investment decisions using AI to transform due diligence process. | $2.2M / Seed / Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| Arondite is a defence technology company building the foundational software and AI to power the autonomous age. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Camion is developing a platform to assist investors and real estate owners in electrifying their holdings at scale and avoid grid capacity issues. | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| See all 322 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars offers a pre-accelerator initiative designed to equip participants with training and tools for business development. Additional offerings include three-day sessions that allow aspiring entrepreneurs to experience the process of launching a startup. The company also organizes events featuring speakers, educational sessions, and pitch competitions to support entrepreneurship. Its operations involve connecting founders with a network of mentors and peers across various technology verticals.
Techstars Contacts
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Alina Hoon
Mentor
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Andrew Cleland
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Artur Hasselbach
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Atlanta Daniel
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Beata Puncevic
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FAQ
What does Chris Adelsbach invest in?
Chris Adelsbach invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 322 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Chris Adelsbach's check size?
Chris Adelsbach typically joins rounds of $120k–$5.6M at Seed, $118k–$1.9M at Pre-Seed and $4.3M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Adelsbach participates in.
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When did Chris Adelsbach last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Adelsbach closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 322 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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